Investment
PocketLaw’s Olga Beck-Friis On Their €10m Funding: ‘It’s a Huge Milestone’
PocketLaw, created in Sweden by Olga Beck-Friis and Kira Unger and now rapidly spreading into new markets including the UK, has gained €10m in Series …
Market Change
Why CLM’s Impact Matters to All of the Legal Tech Sector
The adoption of Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) software by corporates is going to have a major and long-term positive impact on the whole of the …
CLOC
CLOC Dispatch #2: How Do Legal Ops Professionals Go Pro?
By Casey Flaherty, Chief Strategy Officer, LexFusion. Many legal operations personnel have no idea what they are doing. This is not an insult. It is …
CLM Gone Wild
Now SirionLabs Bags $85m – But Can All These CLMs Succeed?
CLM company SirionLabs, which started in 2012, has just bagged $85m in new cash amid what is now a super-intense competition for inhouse clients – …
Legal Tech M&A
LexisNexis Buys CLM Parley Pro
In a move that adds extra spice to an already hot market segment, LexisNexis Legal & Professional has bought CLM Parley Pro ‘to complement LexisNexis’ …
Incubators
Are Single Theme Incubators a Better Approach?
The Vienna-based Legal Tech Hub Europe incubator has launched its fifth cohort, this time with a strong focus on Know Your Customer (KYC) tools, rather …
Contracting
Malbek to Reduce ‘Negotiation Round Trips’ with New Contract Tool
CLM company Malbek has launched a new functionality that identifies all contracts with ‘similar asks’ received from a counterparty during negotiation and then recommends to …
Big Four
PwC’s Société d’Avocats Buys Day One Consultancy As Talent War Grows
PwC’s legal arm in France, PwC Société d’Avocats, has bought Paris-based consultancy Day One to create ‘Legal Business Solutions’, which is a new practice in …
CLOC
CLOC Las Vegas – Why Are We Here?
By Casey Flaherty, Chief Strategy Officer, LexFusion. A decade ago, the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) called itself a ‘book club’ and held small meetings …
Doc Automation
Clarilis Launches Pre-Automated Model Commercial Lease Docs
Clarilis has launched a suite of pre-automated model commercial lease (MCL) docs in a move that should help property lawyers to speed up transactions. It …